Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Open Source Drug Discovery network's army of volunteers is building a kind of Wikipedia on tuberculosis, which is the leading cause of death in India for those in the prime of life.
Panacea Biotec has launched polio vaccine POLPROTEC in Nigeria to help combat the spread of the debilitating disease in the country, one of the last nations still to eradicate the virus. To make the vaccine easily available, Panacea is partnering Emzor Pharma, which has a strong footprint across Nigeria. During …
Market cheers to news as shares of India’s 3rd largest drug maker rise 4%. Shares of Sun Pharma, India’s third largest drug maker, rose 4% on Wednesday after the US drug regulator said it will import generic version of the cancer drug Lipidox from Sun Pharma to meet a supply …
New Delhi/Mumbai: Despite talk of a slowing economy, improved sentiments of late have warmed India Inc to the prospects of a year of doubledigit salary hikes, an average of 11.9% compared to last year’s 12.6%, says a survey by human-resource consulting firm Aon Hewitt. Despite the moderation in hikes, increments …
Asking the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) not to be discriminatory while passing orders pertaining to land use, the Bombay High Court on Monday suggested that the civic body should give GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals a hearing in a land dispute in Worli. The court said this in response to a petition …
Pulled up by the Supreme Court, the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers has set a deadline of three weeks for a final version of its draft pharma policy before the group of ministers (GoM) constituted for the purpose two years earlier. The ministry on Thursday assured the Supreme Court of …
On the eve of a high-level summit between the leaders of India and the European Union (EU) in Delhi, Oxfam has called upon the EU to not pressurise India into agreeing to new trade rules that could deny hundreds of millions of people access to affordable medicines. Calling on the …
While biotech and pharma are referred to as sunrise sectors, a new study reveals only an insignificant amount of innovative, patentable work has been carried out so far as part of the outsourcing process to Indian pharma-biotech firms. The study titled “work outsourced to Indian biotech and pharma companies is …
JAMMU, Feb 8: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday sought the support of Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) in the promotion of aroma, herbal and leather industry in Jammu and Kashmir. "We are also looking forward for technological intervention of CSIR to enable the State utilize huge quantity of …
On the eve of a high-level summit between the leaders of India and the European Union in Delhi, Oxfam is calling on the EU not to pressurise India into agreeing new trade rules that could deny hundreds of millions of people access to affordable medicines. The negotiations, which have been …
NGO says there has been a rampant compromise with human life The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a writ petition alleging that illegal clinical trials of untested drugs were being conducted by pharmaceutical companies on adults, children and even mentally ill persons in various States. …
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Medical Council of India on a petition seeking judicial intervention into allegations of clinical trials of untested drugs being conducted on patients, mostly poor, without taking their prior “informed” consent. A PIL taken …
The Supreme Court today sought the Centre's response on conducting an independent inquiry into alleged illegal clinical trials of untested drugs by pharmaceutical companies in various states. The court issued a notice to the Centre as also to the Health Ministry and the Medical Council of India seeking their replies …
The Supreme Court today sought the Centre’s response on a PIL seeking inquiry into alleged illegal clinical trials of untested drugs in various States of the country. A Bench of Justices, Mr R.M. Lodha and Mr H.L. Gokhale, issued notice to the Centre, the Health Ministry and Medical Council of …
New Delhi The government has made it mandatory for pharmaceutical companies sponsoring clinical trials in the country to pay financial compensation to volunteers in case a trial-related death or injury is proved. Moreover, the onus of proving that clinical trials did not cause death or injury will now lie with …
The European Commission has unveiled a new set of water pollution rules, which will for the first time include certain pharmaceutical products. The Commission is proposing to add 15 chemicals to the list of 33 pollutants that are currently monitored and controlled in EU surface waters. The popular pain-relieving drug …
Thirteen drug companies, the governments of the United States, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lions Club and other smaller charitable organizations on Monday announced a joint effort to tackle 10 neglected tropical diseases in a coordinated fashion. The diseases, …
Your data on changing stock prices for five pharmaceutical companies from 1997 to 2010 (Nature 480, 16–17; 2011) erroneously indicate a 39% drop in aggregated share value, when in fact it would have risen by 82% (see Correction, Nature 480, 425; 2011). The error was due mainly to the selection …
To curb the rise in cases of extensively drug resistant TB (XXDR-TB) in the city, the state medical education department plans to set up a dedicated research centre on drug resistance at Sir JJ Hospital. This research centre will be part of the hospital’s new super-specialty department. “The rise in …
